Participants of an educational seminar "Gender Rights and Opportunities", which was held in Minsk by The Swedish Institute, the Association of European Businesses and the Belarusian State University, were presented with alarming public survey results. Even though gender development index data indicator places Belarus on a leadership position among other CIS countries, the existing difference in pay for equal work between men and women is 25%, while every third women experiences physical abuse inflicted by men and every sixth women encounters sexual abuse.
Ms Raluca Popa, one of the key speakers at the 
On June 15-16, Minsk hosted the international conference "Ensuring Gender Equality in Social Life". The event was organized by the Department on political matters of the 
When reviewing project proposals by civil society organisations applying for development funding, the EU pays great deal of attention to the so-called added-value elements: promotion of gender equality and equal opportunities among them. Thus, we think it is important for Belarusian CSOs to understand what the value-added elements are and how to incorporate them when putting a project idea on paper.